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this is a foreign policy failure. and the american people may take that into consideration a week from tuesday. >> schieffer: all right, senator, thank you so much. i have to move on. thank you for being with us. we'll be back with former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel in one minute. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >> schieffer: and joining us now from akron, ohio, the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel. mr. mayor, thank you so much. and i'm never one to presume to know what the answers are before i ask the questions, but my guess is you will will have a slightly different take on events and what we just heard from senator mccain. >> very good, bob. yes. first of all, the president immediately orde
this is a foreign policy failure. and the american people may take that into consideration a week from tuesday. >> schieffer: all right, senator, thank you so much. i have to move on. thank you for being with us. we'll be back with former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel in one minute. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like...
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to topic, foreign policy. bad news for president obama because -- >> in the history of presidents of the united states, he's our worst at foreign policy. >> this is a very weak ill-conceived foreign policy. every place you look is failure. >> the jimmy carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now. >> the president has communicated weakness. >> jon: weakness in foreign policy! obama is weaker than coolidge in foreign policy! weaker than polk! weaker than president flinchington j. craphispants. (laughter) as you know, the only president in united states history who ever had his wallet stolen by a baby. (laughter) you don't hear as much about old president craphispants. (laughter) but given obama's foreign policy record, this debate is going to be a bloodbath. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden. drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely. and feel the president was right. i want to underscore the same point the president made. i felt the same
to topic, foreign policy. bad news for president obama because -- >> in the history of presidents of the united states, he's our worst at foreign policy. >> this is a very weak ill-conceived foreign policy. every place you look is failure. >> the jimmy carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now. >> the president has communicated weakness. >> jon: weakness in foreign policy! obama is weaker than coolidge in foreign policy! weaker...
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of the people of the world so say it with me the us foreign policy is a blowback inducing homicidal bull in a cultural religious and geo political china shop change. there was handed. down. to the family over the city. but he was mad. it was not right. answer to try i started in iraq in two thousand and four in two thousand and six i was in the second battle of. enough allusion november two thousand and four as a human being and as a person who has a heart i can't lie to myself anybody else and say that we had a reason to be there that there's a reason for the million iraqis that died in the five thousand troops said we say we're the greatest country in the world but we go into you know people in their country but we don't stop genocide in africa we don't help people that we can help that would be the greatest country in the world if we can save a million people instead of killing them and people if you're not convinced our foreign policy is morally bankrupt perhaps we should talk about money. in united states have need one point four trillion dollars for total war spending in iraq
of the people of the world so say it with me the us foreign policy is a blowback inducing homicidal bull in a cultural religious and geo political china shop change. there was handed. down. to the family over the city. but he was mad. it was not right. answer to try i started in iraq in two thousand and four in two thousand and six i was in the second battle of. enough allusion november two thousand and four as a human being and as a person who has a heart i can't lie to myself anybody else and...
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policy less militarized more in terms of seeking political solutions to conflict but president obama has ended the war in iraq mitt romney says he would have kept troops in iraq president obama is beginning to end the war in afghanistan and i think there will be a battle around the end of president romney if mitt romney becomes president he may well stay there on iran i think mitt romney is far more likely to side with a right wing israeli government in terms of little history strikes in the region which would be a disaster even according to the head of former heads of the shine bed and my side and i think on in terms of russia relations are not good but they would be worse under mitt romney who by the way led republicans in imposing arms control agreements which republicans for the last three decades have supported i think in terms of libya i wish there was more difference but the republicans want to arm the rebels so i think on a whole series of issues i wish there was more difference but mitt romney has around him a lot of the advisors who took us into the disaster of iraq the neo
policy less militarized more in terms of seeking political solutions to conflict but president obama has ended the war in iraq mitt romney says he would have kept troops in iraq president obama is beginning to end the war in afghanistan and i think there will be a battle around the end of president romney if mitt romney becomes president he may well stay there on iran i think mitt romney is far more likely to side with a right wing israeli government in terms of little history strikes in the...
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least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to everybody let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the us they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or that person and the one who is popular in the country would like him to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent that russia is concerned and he made us make us choices made sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers russia to be american
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policy and i know that a candidates haven't focused on it too much that's probably because you guys have so many i cannot make and domestic problems to focus on but every time an american president is elected in fact the rest of the world and let me tell you how we see it at this point it doesn't we just wonder does it really matter if it's a republican or a democrat because we've seen every single president. let's start with clinton ok let's start with yugoslavia go and start a war in a different region and he would obama who got the nobel peace prize you know we see afghanistan iraq is not quite finished yet we see drones killing people in pakistani border. does it really make a difference for the outside world whether a republican or a democrat wins because libya also a possible intervention in iran and see. i think it makes a difference if president obama is reelected i wish it would make much more of a difference i think the similarities between the two parties there's a very forward particularly the establishment of the democratic party and the republican party our country des
policy and i know that a candidates haven't focused on it too much that's probably because you guys have so many i cannot make and domestic problems to focus on but every time an american president is elected in fact the rest of the world and let me tell you how we see it at this point it doesn't we just wonder does it really matter if it's a republican or a democrat because we've seen every single president. let's start with clinton ok let's start with yugoslavia go and start a war in a...
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policy and i know that a candidates haven't focused on it too much that's probably because you guys have so many i cannot make and domestic problems to focus on but every time an american president is elected in fact the rest of the world and let me tell you how we see it at this point it doesn't we just wonder does it really matter if it's a republican or a democrat because we've seen every single president. let's start with clinton ok let's start with yugoslavia go and start a war in a different region anyone obama who got the nobel peace prize you know we see afghanistan iraq is not quite finished yet we see drones killing people in pakistani border. does it really make a difference for the outside wall whether a republican or a democrat wins because libya also a possible intervention in iran and syria i think it makes a difference if president obama is reelected i wish it would make much more of a difference i think the similarities between the two parties there is a very forward particularly the establishment of the democratic party and the republican party our country deserves
policy and i know that a candidates haven't focused on it too much that's probably because you guys have so many i cannot make and domestic problems to focus on but every time an american president is elected in fact the rest of the world and let me tell you how we see it at this point it doesn't we just wonder does it really matter if it's a republican or a democrat because we've seen every single president. let's start with clinton ok let's start with yugoslavia go and start a war in a...
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. >> that is the tea party's richard mourdock, who defeated federer in a foreign policy expert richard lugar and i be senatorial -- in the indiana senate for a primary bid the romney campaign said that they did not reflect his views. the women's votes -- obama has been losing some of the women's vote to romney. >> rebalancing, the first debate not that mr. mourdock said anything -- it is obvious what he was thinking. on the other hand, what he was thinking clearly is that rape much less important than preserving a life, and for a lot of women, saying that rape isn't all that important is a very unfortunate thing. romney has disagreed with them, but he has not taken back the ad he's running for mourdock. >> every time you watch the cable this shows now, you see someone from planned parenthood, or another group pro-abortion or so forth. the obama people are running with this ball, colby. will it have legs? >> i think it will have an impact. it calls attention to paul ryan, who shares the same view that there should be no exception for rape, abortion in case of rape or anything else, exce
. >> that is the tea party's richard mourdock, who defeated federer in a foreign policy expert richard lugar and i be senatorial -- in the indiana senate for a primary bid the romney campaign said that they did not reflect his views. the women's votes -- obama has been losing some of the women's vote to romney. >> rebalancing, the first debate not that mr. mourdock said anything -- it is obvious what he was thinking. on the other hand, what he was thinking clearly is that rape much...
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policy and ambivalent foreign policy. it was really the election of ronald reagan which led to our being released. the iranians realized that the american people and the american government was serious. now we look today and we see that the iranians are violating their commitments under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. we have centri fiewjs enriching uranium to a point you can only believe is going to lead to them building a nuclear weapon. at this point, they see ambivalence in the u.s. foreign policy and they don't see any particular reason to stop. we have tightened the sanctions, based on what was done in congress and the administration and those are starting to bite. but i wish we had gone to sanctions, these kines of very punishing sanctions a bit earlier, maybe we might see results by now. >> i am going to take a break but i am going to bring you back after that break because i would like to ask you about what happened in benghazi. some have suggested that history is repeating itself. 1979, to 2012, both years
policy and ambivalent foreign policy. it was really the election of ronald reagan which led to our being released. the iranians realized that the american people and the american government was serious. now we look today and we see that the iranians are violating their commitments under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. we have centri fiewjs enriching uranium to a point you can only believe is going to lead to them building a nuclear weapon. at this point, they see ambivalence in the u.s....
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foreign policy analyst cone has explained the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and a group of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney are really the same people that all of us the iraq war under the what they call the neo conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy but americans don't want that a majority of americans don't want to fight a war with iran seventy percent of them don't want to do it unilaterally americans want to cut military spending that's what the whole show so what what romney had to do was to sort of back away from a lot of those positions except on military spending and seem much more reasonable and sort of centrist if he sort of plays out what's really in his cards i think it into scaring a lot of people and of losing votes and so that was part of what was going on there he was trying to move more toward obama and so it
foreign policy analyst cone has explained the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and a group of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney are really the same people that all of us the iraq war under the what they call the neo conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy but americans don't...
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the next four years in terms of foreign policy if you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or that. the one who is popular in the country would like them to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent the russian is concerned and he made us make us choices made sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers russia to be american jew political fall in number one after this the answer is evident the president would like to win. mr romney said it all so we definitely would not like to have a president. who has some kind of. negative thing about russia. mr romney is elected it will be farcical see a trickle called a war mostly rhetorical but still it will poison the relationship t
the next four years in terms of foreign policy if you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or that. the one who is popular in the country would like them to become president of russia we have a...
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to listen to that foreign policy enunciated, which was just a mirror -- to hear that and then to look back at what he said just weeks ago is to make the wonder, what is he really want to do as president? >> he wants to be president. [laughter] >> well, he is full of mitt. [laughter] he used the word "peace" three times in two sentences. he said that we don't want another iraq. it basically came down to "i am not dick cheney, i am not donald rumsfeld." i do think that the debate, while the president was more knowledgeable and more in control and command, he came across too intensely and i don't think that he got to break through that he needed in the campaign. i think he won the debate, and among independents, two-one, but i know that he got it -- don't think that he got the edge -- >> it couldn't, because while he did well in the second and third debate, nothing could overcome the first debate. he let people down, he let himself down. >> roblin and colin powell -- public and colin powell in horses barack obama. >> you have to wonder if that is based on issues or if he has a slightly d
to listen to that foreign policy enunciated, which was just a mirror -- to hear that and then to look back at what he said just weeks ago is to make the wonder, what is he really want to do as president? >> he wants to be president. [laughter] >> well, he is full of mitt. [laughter] he used the word "peace" three times in two sentences. he said that we don't want another iraq. it basically came down to "i am not dick cheney, i am not donald rumsfeld." i do think...
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. >> you can watch the entire final debate on foreign policy between president obama and mitt romney today at 12:10 eastern here on c-span. >> this is the downsizing of the charts. you are watching it live. one of 10,000 homes they are trying to get done in the next four years. these are houses that are never coming back. >> one-family every 20 minutes moving out. >> moving out of detroit. >> these houses are disappearing from the landscape. >> just recently, 164 firefighters were laid off as part of the downsizing, effort for mayor bing to get fire -- to get finances under control. detroit must have the highest cases of arson in the country. they were rehired. the money came from the department of homeland security. i cannot want to overstate. that is something you want to think about. the department of homeland security needed to step in to keep detroit as safe as it could be. it could be a lot safer. i have wondered making this film, the auto industry bailout. we have seen the bank bailouts. are we heading into an era of bailout the city. is there such thing of killing out the cit
. >> you can watch the entire final debate on foreign policy between president obama and mitt romney today at 12:10 eastern here on c-span. >> this is the downsizing of the charts. you are watching it live. one of 10,000 homes they are trying to get done in the next four years. these are houses that are never coming back. >> one-family every 20 minutes moving out. >> moving out of detroit. >> these houses are disappearing from the landscape. >> just recently,...
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policy the new york times magazine and many others who has spoken about food culture of the united nations has appeared on n.b.c.'s n.b.c. democracy now n.p.r. and b.b.c. he's also the author of the critically acclaimed book bet the farm food stopped being who joins me now from our new york studios frederick welcome. hi tom how are you find great to have you with us your book bet the farm is filled with stories as well as information about you know in this conference or going what what got you into this. well i'm a journalist and i had been really following the food story for quite some time and i thought i had a pretty simple question after all these articles which was how could an expensive delicious unhealthy food be available for everybody on earth and i thought i had a pretty simple answer tom i thought it was takeout pizza and. i am joking yes but i i thought maybe a little tongue in cheek i should look at takeout pizza because actually tom takeout pizza is a thirty six billion dollar industry people all over the world eat pizza and love pizza in russia and in malaysia and so i thoug
policy the new york times magazine and many others who has spoken about food culture of the united nations has appeared on n.b.c.'s n.b.c. democracy now n.p.r. and b.b.c. he's also the author of the critically acclaimed book bet the farm food stopped being who joins me now from our new york studios frederick welcome. hi tom how are you find great to have you with us your book bet the farm is filled with stories as well as information about you know in this conference or going what what got you...
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foreign policy analysts calling and explains the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and a group of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney are really the same people who bought us the iraq war and they're of the called the neo conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy but americans don't want that a majority of americans don't want to fight a war with iran seventy percent of them don't want to do it unilaterally americans want to cut military spending that's what the polls show so what what romney had to do was to sort of back away from a lot of those positions except on military spending and seemed much more reasonable and sort of centrist if he sort of plays out what's really in his cards i think it into scaring a lot of people and they end up losing votes and so that was part of what was going on there he was trying to move more toward obama
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there is a major scene now in foreign policy discussion, journalism, and so on. it is called "american declined." for example, in the most prestigious establishment, international relations turn, foreign affairs, there was an issue in which a hat on the front cover and big, bold letters -- is america over? that is announcing the theme of the issue. there is a standard corollary to this and the power is shifting to the west, to china and india, which are going to be the hegemonic states of the future. i think the decline is quite real. some serious qualifications are in order. first of all, the corollaries highly unlikely, at least in the foreseeable future, that china and india are very poor countries. china is around 90th i think ian india is around 120th. they have demographic problems, extreme poverty, hopeless inequality, ecological problems. china's great manufacturing center, but it is action mostly in assembly plants. so would assembles parts and components, high-technology that comes from surrounding industrial centers like japan, taiwan, south korea, sin
there is a major scene now in foreign policy discussion, journalism, and so on. it is called "american declined." for example, in the most prestigious establishment, international relations turn, foreign affairs, there was an issue in which a hat on the front cover and big, bold letters -- is america over? that is announcing the theme of the issue. there is a standard corollary to this and the power is shifting to the west, to china and india, which are going to be the hegemonic...
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number uk obama and mitt romney run neck and neck after a lackluster foreign policy show intel ends with neither man leaving lasting impression. plus ukraine heads to the polls to choose a new parliament and one could become an unpredictable vote the former boxing champion having the power to swing forces for or against the current president. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie where it's ten am this sunday morning and we have a weekly update for you libya's pro-government militia keeps up its deadly siege of the x. gadhafi bastion of bani walid despite authorities claims that the town has fallen there's also been reports the attackers used chemical weapons against the civilian population are just fall asleep or has been gathering witness accounts of what the people of bani walid are going through. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets losing houses bulldozing properties and shooting
number uk obama and mitt romney run neck and neck after a lackluster foreign policy show intel ends with neither man leaving lasting impression. plus ukraine heads to the polls to choose a new parliament and one could become an unpredictable vote the former boxing champion having the power to swing forces for or against the current president. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie where it's ten am this sunday morning and we have a weekly update for you libya's pro-government...
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. >>> and why in the world did the nation of mali get more mention this week in the foreign policy debate than all of japan, mexico, or europe? >>> first, my take. the international monetary fund's latest world economic outlook makes for gloomy reading. growth projections have been revised downward almost everywhere, especially in europe and the big emerging markets like china. yet when looking out over the next four years, coincidentally the next presidential term, the imf projects that the united states will be the strongest of the world's rich economies. u.s. growth is forecast to average 3%, much stronger than that was germany or france, at 1.2%, or even canada at 2.3%. increasingly the evidence suggests that the united states has come out of the financial crisis of 2008 in better shape than its peers because of the actions of its government. perhaps the most important cause of america's relative health is the federal reserve. ben bernanke understood the depths of the problem early and responded energetically and creatively. the clearest vindication of his actions has been that the eu
. >>> and why in the world did the nation of mali get more mention this week in the foreign policy debate than all of japan, mexico, or europe? >>> first, my take. the international monetary fund's latest world economic outlook makes for gloomy reading. growth projections have been revised downward almost everywhere, especially in europe and the big emerging markets like china. yet when looking out over the next four years, coincidentally the next presidential term, the imf...
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policy and other issues where you're going to have these issues emerging in a much more forceful way in the future and despite the u.s. political landscape seemingly ready for a new political forces how many americans still don't realize they have a big choice than just two candidates largely ignored by the mainstream media third parties have a hard time making their views heard and the resident laurie oftenest she took to the streets of new york to find out if people know they exist at all. this week third party candidates for the u.s. presidency held a debate do americans even know that this week let's talk about that did you watch the third party debates. do you think did best. obama do best no that's not the third party debate who do you think did a good job in the third party debate i think think the parag obama did a little bit better job than mitt romney i know that the third party debate that was the main candidates that day but the third parties are we have actual other candidates that are running did you know that no i didn't know there's jill stein she's the the green part
policy and other issues where you're going to have these issues emerging in a much more forceful way in the future and despite the u.s. political landscape seemingly ready for a new political forces how many americans still don't realize they have a big choice than just two candidates largely ignored by the mainstream media third parties have a hard time making their views heard and the resident laurie oftenest she took to the streets of new york to find out if people know they exist at all....
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because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to everybody all right let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the u.s. they're having a lections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or the president and the one who is popular in the country would like him to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent the russian is concerned and he made us make us choice made sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers
because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to everybody all right let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the u.s. they're having a lections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of...
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least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to everybody let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the us they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work...
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-- american opinion on foreign policy. the wilson center and i personally have many good friends who are part of the chicago council. especially the chairman, lester crown, a dear friend., who will be involved in some activities we're conducting in chicago later this month. and we also recently participated in the panel on the middle east with the council in chicago. and, as i said, we're so pleased that they have come here today. the council's most recent biennial survey which looks at american public opinion on the u.s.'s role in the post-9/11 world will be the launch pad for today's conversation. all on this panel and i were in government on 9/11 which, by the way, occurred on a crisp and clear tuesday, which will be tomorrow's weather so i understand, and the day of the week that is tomorrow. we were in different roles. all of us regardless of our party position or party, struggle to find the right strategies to keep our country safe. looking back on it, we did some things right and some things wrong. i lament especial
-- american opinion on foreign policy. the wilson center and i personally have many good friends who are part of the chicago council. especially the chairman, lester crown, a dear friend., who will be involved in some activities we're conducting in chicago later this month. and we also recently participated in the panel on the middle east with the council in chicago. and, as i said, we're so pleased that they have come here today. the council's most recent biennial survey which looks at...
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you want to cover -- you want to look at foreign policy, go to "the new york times." you want to go to the superpac app to find out what people are doing, there is serious news to be had. and serious reporters are writing about it. but i think the american people like their desserts more than they like foreign policy meat and potatoes. >> i want to get craig on this. the dessert has pushed the meat and potatoes almost off the plate. yes, you can find certain things. but take the issues, the polls show people care about -- tax cuts, medicare are. they too complicated, too boring to be on the newscast and top of the fronts page as opposed to donald trump or ann coulter? >> i think people do want more substance and aren't getting it. one reason they tune it on, it's like the twitter effect. if it takes longer than 140 characters to talk about it, we don't talk about it. it's easier to talk about spray tanning in that limited environment. >> you agree with me that it is easier, more fun, and potentially more successful to play the game of sport as opposed to this serious
you want to cover -- you want to look at foreign policy, go to "the new york times." you want to go to the superpac app to find out what people are doing, there is serious news to be had. and serious reporters are writing about it. but i think the american people like their desserts more than they like foreign policy meat and potatoes. >> i want to get craig on this. the dessert has pushed the meat and potatoes almost off the plate. yes, you can find certain things. but take the...
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policies they are the ones who contest in court all u.s. cooperation programs for the nicaragua and even call for using force against latin american nations at the desk to hand up for our independence but that is why terminating any form out of cooperation is bound to have and negative impact on nicaragua that is exactly what makes it so important for us to ensure that our nation should no longer be dependent upon this sort of conditional cooperation with either the united states well the european union the us as a. pursued a policy of racket all of these are very nicaragua and its people this is unfair and undemocratic they're not supporting liberty they're promoting servitude this is what prompts us to get the canal done as soon as possible it would relieve us of our present dependency upon the us and we were and they're hedging monic policies one of them and then the governor of the united states is all set for a presidential election where nicaragua's expectations in this regard. i believe this is an election where the american people s
policies they are the ones who contest in court all u.s. cooperation programs for the nicaragua and even call for using force against latin american nations at the desk to hand up for our independence but that is why terminating any form out of cooperation is bound to have and negative impact on nicaragua that is exactly what makes it so important for us to ensure that our nation should no longer be dependent upon this sort of conditional cooperation with either the united states well the...
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because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy syria would have been completely clear to everybody let's talk for a moment about the force. that will come to power in the us they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends who always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or that. the one who is popular in the country would like them to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent that russia is concerned and he made a smoker's choice made sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers russia to be american
because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy syria would have been completely clear to everybody let's talk for a moment about the force. that will come to power in the us they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we...
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policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike by the way america france always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or the president and the. who's popular in the country they would like to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent that russia is concerned and he made us make us choice made sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers russia to be american jew political for number one after this the answer is evident is the president would like to win. mr romney said it all so we definitely would not like to have a president. who has some kind of. negative thing about russia. if mr romney is elected it will be farcical see a trickle cold war mostly rhetorical but still it will poison the relation
policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike by the way america france always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or the president and the. who's popular in the country they would like to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney...
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i was asked to talk about to the foreign policy. at the time i said the two factors that remain important this palestinian conflict. second is the u.s. support for the one-party rule. since the end of 2010 we have honestly thought would never -- would never happened in my lifetime. of the arabs bring. i believe we have seen now just like everything is for the better. generations of young arabs would bid and then this president even when he was about to leave what happens if this vital for us to be where we used to be. my son will look at me and say what did you do or contribute? i say without us he says how many thousand years ago? it is true. my belief is the better arab world. definitely they will be the change. we cannot talk about change without them media. is giving tax and balances. yesterday on facebook and the importance of social media we all have to compete with twitter and facebook and ways that the young people get the message across president jefferson said if i have to choose between a government and a newspaper i woul
i was asked to talk about to the foreign policy. at the time i said the two factors that remain important this palestinian conflict. second is the u.s. support for the one-party rule. since the end of 2010 we have honestly thought would never -- would never happened in my lifetime. of the arabs bring. i believe we have seen now just like everything is for the better. generations of young arabs would bid and then this president even when he was about to leave what happens if this vital for us to...
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we have the fundamentals of egypt's foreign policy orientations very much unchanged. the strategic partnership with the united states, egypt's commitment to the egyptian-israeli peace treaty, have all remained very much intact. contrary to widespread expectation following the overthrow of the mubarak regime, there has been no radical shift in egypt's regional alliances. there has been no option of diplomatic ties to iran. there has been no drastic change in egypt's policy towards the hamas government in gaza, or the border regime between the sinai and the gaza strip. there is a recognition, i think, on the part of the government, of the need to leverage the network of relationships and alliances that egypt has formed over the last three decades to deal with what is a very difficult economic situation, domestically. and i will talk about that a little bit further on. so we see on the level of foreign policy much more consistency and much more durability and any sense of radical change, as was the expectation following the outbreak of the revolution. now, that does not
we have the fundamentals of egypt's foreign policy orientations very much unchanged. the strategic partnership with the united states, egypt's commitment to the egyptian-israeli peace treaty, have all remained very much intact. contrary to widespread expectation following the overthrow of the mubarak regime, there has been no radical shift in egypt's regional alliances. there has been no option of diplomatic ties to iran. there has been no drastic change in egypt's policy towards the hamas...
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policy, whereas when you are dealing with foreign policy you've got that four years to run and we've seen presidents who've had significant accomplishments in the last couple of years of their presidency. >> what you all have discovered as authors of current history is that all past is prologue and we are just waiting to see what the prologue is going to be. thank you all very much michael duffy of time magazine, dan balz of "the washington post," peter baker of "the new york times." >> you go to the polls to choose the presidential candidate who will help the nation most. but predicting which candidates will succeed based on their life experience is anything but a sure thing. jeff greenfield of "need to know" looks back over the years and shares some surprising details about some of our most successful presidents. >> on tuesday, more than 120 million of us will choose a president; and there are almost as many reasons why each of us will make that choice. maybe it's the party, or a specific policy, or a sense of satisfaction or disappointment in the man who now holds the job. but und
policy, whereas when you are dealing with foreign policy you've got that four years to run and we've seen presidents who've had significant accomplishments in the last couple of years of their presidency. >> what you all have discovered as authors of current history is that all past is prologue and we are just waiting to see what the prologue is going to be. thank you all very much michael duffy of time magazine, dan balz of "the washington post," peter baker of "the new...
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because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to. everybody let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the u.s. they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who was chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike by the way america france always like to take sides and to show that they would like to have this person as a president or that person and the one who is popular in the country they would like him to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent the russian is concerned and he made us make us choices made i was sure it's almost immediately when he said that he consid
because at least they have somebody to blame if russia was not around the void of american foreign policy on syria would have been completely clear to. everybody let's talk for a moment about the forces that will come to power in the u.s. they're having elections very shortly. what does that mean for russia does it matter who is going to be in office for the next four years in terms of foreign policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times...
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but, governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. you say that you're not interested in duplicating what happened in iraq, but just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. and the -- the challenge we have -- i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. you said we should have gone into iraq despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans, voted for it. you've said that first we should not have a timeline in afghanistan then you said we should. now you say maybe or it depends, which means not only were you wrong but you were also confusing and sending mixed messages both to our troops and our allies. so
but, governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. you say that you're not interested in duplicating what happened in iraq, but just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. and the -- the challenge we have -- i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered...
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policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or the president and the one who is popular in the country would like him to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney complicated everything basically he set the tone of this election to the extent the russian is concerned and he made us make us choices made i was sure it's almost immediately when he said that he considers russia to be american jew political for number one after this the answer from moscow is evident who is the president would like to win. mr romney said it all so we definitely would not like to have a president. who has some kind of. negative thing about russia here mr romney is elected it will be farcical see a trickle called war mostly rhetorical but still
policy do you expect any changes either way the russian president. said. already a couple of times that we will work with the president who's chosen by the american people so i don't think that moscow would like to take sides unlike the way america friends always like to take sides and who show that they would like to have this person as a president or the president and the one who is popular in the country would like him to become president of russia we have a different approach but mr romney...
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policy i was given to do not pass go go directly to jail card and in a few days i would be arrested again this time for protesting corporate personhood on the steps of the supreme court. that it would occupy movement all around the world because we love. working people and. that jane joined us from the grave that we have a cutting. occupy d.c. occupy wall street occupy a supreme court not everywhere in my willingness to go to jail for the movement though i was hardly unique and with the thousands that were in zuccotti on the morning of october fourteenth it seemed that you're about to eclipse the previous one day record total of seven hundred protesters arrested on the brooklyn bridge what was it that brought all of those people to music cotty that this. not be a revolution in the traditional sense but this is a revolution in the life of our people not the losing end it's not going to be stuff like holy spirit james into perspective really is it everything looks like the feeling of the you deliberately kill. in the first six months of the movement about seven thousand people have be
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policy there are striking similarities between the two joseph and cash all from the socialist equality party says the ballot lacks a true choice well we enter the election with the understanding that the whole process is fundamentally antidemocratic it's controlled by billions of dollars now and corporate money the media controlled by corporations and getting on the ballot is incredibly difficult requiring millions of dollars for the. signatures in every state it's something of a farce and even within this framework of course the choices that are available even you know that within this anti democratic primary or basically agree on everything so even if of course if you had a democratic process between these two candidates the american people don't have really anything to choose from in the end war the attack on democratic rights the bailout of the banks the attack on social programs all of this is really agreed to by both romney and obama. it is accepted as the framework by the media. country to what many disenchanted americans believe there is an alternative to republican and democra
policy there are striking similarities between the two joseph and cash all from the socialist equality party says the ballot lacks a true choice well we enter the election with the understanding that the whole process is fundamentally antidemocratic it's controlled by billions of dollars now and corporate money the media controlled by corporations and getting on the ballot is incredibly difficult requiring millions of dollars for the. signatures in every state it's something of a farce and even...
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foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. now we will of course continue our coverage of the u.s. elections looking at the race from different perspectives plus our t. is hosting a very special event this coming monday as we are exclusively bringing you the final round of third party candidates debate live from our washington studios. will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power power that. once if america changes. was election was gone monday november fifth on our team. now the un is examining a video which it says could be evidence of a war crime committed by the syrian rebels or the newly released online search for four of them shows opposition fire or summarily executing capture and government troops ten soldiers who are no longer believed to be incompetence are apparently shell being beaten and lined up on the ground well we won't show you what happens next bu
foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. now we will of course continue our coverage of the u.s. elections looking at the race from different perspectives plus our t. is hosting a very special event this coming monday as we are exclusively bringing you the final round of third party candidates debate live from our...
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policy they're very close i think a lot of people are actually very much disillusioned with this. i can see a split developing probably in the republican party and possibly in the democratic party in terms of foreign policy and other issues where you're going to have these issues emerging in a much more forceful way in the future well despite the u.s. political landscape seemingly ready for a new political forces many americans still don't realize they have a bigger choice than just two candidates but largely ignored by the mainstream media third parties have a hard time making their views heard by the resident laurie hof and us took to the streets of new york to find out if people there know they have any options in the first place. this week third party candidates for the u.s. presidency how the debate do americans even know that this week let's talk about battle did you watch the third party debate. do you think did best. obama did no that's not the third party debate who do you think did a good job in the third party debate i think they. did a little bit better job than mitt r
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foreign policy objectives. and asian policy is a good place to rebuild i partisanship to the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon, and welcome to georgetown university. we've come together today for a special conversation, a conversation between top diplomats, past and present, each of whom has played a significant role in u.s. asia relations over the past two decades. with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush through the current administration of barack obama, our guest speakers today offer their expertise and experience as a look back on the use of service and look forward to the future of u.s.-asia relations. wish to offer my gratitude to georgetown's asian studies program, our school of foreign service, and the korea economic institute who have partnered to bring together some of our countries most respected minds on foreign policy and asia. we are deeply grateful to doctor victor cha a professor in government and asian studies and direc
foreign policy objectives. and asian policy is a good place to rebuild i partisanship to the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon, and welcome to georgetown university. we've come together today for a special conversation, a conversation between top diplomats, past and present, each of whom has played a significant role in u.s. asia relations over the past two decades. with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush through...
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in the final presidential debate, the one on foreign policy, it was interesting it note the countries that got a mention. iran was cited 47 times, of course. israel, 34 times. and china, 32 times. it was also telling, there was only one mention each of europe and africa, and none at all of india. but i was struck by the amount of play one small country got. the one doesn't usually register on washington's foreign policy -- >> mali -- >> mali -- >> with a gdp 1% of mexico. why mali? here's the story briefly. radical islamist groups have taken control of as much as 2/3 of mali's territory, including the historic city of timbuktu. among these groups is al qaeda and the islamic magret, said to have been involved in last month's attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya. together the radical outfits haver to mmted mali. they've destroyed shrines, impose period sahria law and stoned people who come in their wake. now, mali was once considered one of the few stable democracies in africa, and mali's capital would normally have been able to counteract these insurgents. but the government trip
in the final presidential debate, the one on foreign policy, it was interesting it note the countries that got a mention. iran was cited 47 times, of course. israel, 34 times. and china, 32 times. it was also telling, there was only one mention each of europe and africa, and none at all of india. but i was struck by the amount of play one small country got. the one doesn't usually register on washington's foreign policy -- >> mali -- >> mali -- >> with a gdp 1% of mexico. why...
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foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. parties giving american voters a different perspective every day the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from monday the final debate between third party candidates live from our d.c. studios. will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power power of the. us if american changes. this election will close monday nov fifth on our team. russian prime minister dmitry medvedev says the pussy riot punk band should not have been jailed for their moscow cathedral stunt but expressed condemnation over their ethics. people you know very unpleasant to me by the outside and only in they filled me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about the move to do it but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial se
foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us. parties giving american voters a different perspective every day the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from monday the final debate between third party candidates live from our d.c. studios. will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices...